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‘I felt trapped’: Woman testifies Toronto Coun. Michael Thompson forced himself upon her at Muskoka cottage

Summary by The Toronto Star
“Did you want any of this to be happening,” the prosecutor asked the woman at Coun. Michael Thompson’s continuing sex assault trial. “No,” she said.

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‘I felt trapped’: Woman tells court Toronto city councillor forced himself on her

Michael Thompson's sexual assault trial resumed Friday and heard from a third woman who alleged Thompson woke her in the middle of the night and sexually assaulted her.

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Toronto SunToronto Sun

MANDEL: Woman accusing Michael Thompson of sex assault testifies she feared for her life

It was Canada Day weekend 2022 and Toronto City Councillor Michael Thompson came out of the cottage to greet her and her best friend.

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‘I felt trapped’: Woman testifies Toronto Coun. Michael Thompson forced himself upon her at Muskoka cottage

“Did you want any of this to be happening,” the prosecutor asked the woman at Coun. Michael Thompson’s continuing sex assault trial. “No,” she said.

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'I felt trapped,' says complainant in Michael Thompson sex assault trial

The trial of Scarborough councillor Michael Thompson, who has been charged with two counts of sexual assault, continued on Friday with graphic details from one of the two complainants.

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Michael Thompson Sexual Assault Trial Hears Testimony From Second Complainant

A woman testifying in the sexual assault trial of Toronto city councillor Michael Thompson said she felt “scared” and “trapped” when he allegedly forced himself on her during a weekend at a Muskoka cottage in 2022. Thompson, a longtime councillor for Scarborough Centre and former deputy mayor, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of sexual assault. The charges stem from allegations by two women who were at the cottage with him over the Canada Da…

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CBC News broke the news in Canada on Friday, February 21, 2025.
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